Online Fundamentals of Supervision Course

AAMFT Approved Supervisors ensure a learning environment that is supportive and nurturing while providing therapists and trainees access to the latest innovations in the field.

Completion of the Fundamental Course:

As part of the application process, Marriage and Family Therapists (MFTs) who are either AAMFT Clinical Fellows or AAMFT Pre-Clinical Fellows must complete a 30-credit Fundamentals of Supervision course in order to receive the AAMFT Approved Supervisor designation. This course is comprised of a 15-credit didactic portion, a 15-credit interactive portion, and a personal philosophy of supervision paper.

The personal philosophy of supervision paper is to be completed after both of the course components are finished and will be evaluated by the didactic course instructor. The complete course, both didactic and interactive portions, must be completed within 18 months of registration and completed within 5 years of application for the Approved Supervisor designation. No extensions will be granted.

Please note that this is a course and not a workshop and requires time (readings, presentations, discussion posts, short assignments, more than 5 hours for each Unit). If you are taking an interactive course, we highly recommend that you register for your didactic course sufficiently in advance to the first session date to ensure that you receive all information needed for the course and have time to prepare (each of 5 Units correspond to the interactive sessions).

This course suffices for those who wish to apply for the AS Designation and wish to update courses that are more than 5 years old.

As of July 1, 2015, the 15-credit didactic course is offered exclusively through AAMFT. If you completed a supervision course prior to that date through another provider, you are welcome to contact central@aamft.org to make sure we can still accept that course toward your designation. If you have not completed a supervision course through the other provider by that time, you will need to retake the 30-hour course.

Options for Course Completion:

AAMFT offers many different options for course completion that will best fit your particular needs of becoming an AAMFT Approved Supervisor. This will help you compare options and choose which option is right for you.

We ask that you please use a headset, earbuds, or any type of personal
earphone for the interactive portion of this class. Access and use of a webcam
is required for this session, and lack thereof may result in removal from the
session. Please be sure to test using the equipment (i.e. computer, browser,
headset, etc.) that you are planning to use to complete the course. Access to interactive webinars needs to be from a
non-distracting, private place because of confidentiality and security. Please
avoid accessing the interactive webinars from public areas (coffeehouses, restaurants,
etc.). Please e-mail learning@aamft.org for any questions regarding this.

For the best user experience, please use either Google Chrome or Safari when accessing your course.

PLEASE NOTE: Please register for the interactive session that ties to your didactic course. For example, if you register for the Principles and Practices didactic course, you will need to take an interactive session in that same course. AAMFT will try to meet the high demand for these courses by continually adding new dates and times. However, due to limited availability, early registration is strongly recommended.

Course Description: This course is taught from a systemic/relational perspective and covers a breadth of generalist ideas. That is, rather than “teach” supervision or supervise therapy from a particular perspective (modernist, postmodernist, constructionist, developmental, clinical), the course covers the basics for a number of perspectives that may fit the course participants’ ideas and worldviews. Through presentations, readings, short assignments, and an online, face-to-face, interactive series of 5 sessions, the course allows students a number of perspectives related to the purpose and goals of supervision within AAMFT supervision course guidelines. These include helping training therapists with ensuring client care, mastering competencies (both core and approach-specific), self-of-the-therapist and self-of-the-supervisor, context-sensitive, therapist professional growth, and other purposes as the supervisor and training therapist identify as individual supervisory systems. The course instructors are, themselves, constructionist in perspective, but teach and supervise a variety of perspectives and therapy/supervision approaches.

NOTE: There is a textbook requirement for all options of the Fundamentals of Supervision course. This text is sold separately and NOT included in the price of the course.

Online Full 30-hour Course (Option A)

Ideal for: Candidates for the Approved Supervisor designation, and like the convenience of completing the course completely online. This course must be completed within 18 months of registration.

Timing:

Registration for the April - June 2018 courses is now available. If you have any questions, please email learning@aamft.org.

Continuing Education: 15 CEU will be received after completion of the interactive portion and 15 CEU will be received after completion of the didactic portion. Please keep in mind that this is a course, not a workshop.

Online 15-hour Didactic Portion (Option B)

Ideal for: Those who plan to complete the 15-hour interactive course through the AAMFT Annual Conference or another pre-approved interactive course.Both portions of the course must be completed within 18 months of registering for the first course.

Timing: Complete online, on-demand within 18 months of registration.

Continuing Education: 15 CEU will be received after full completion of this option. Please keep in mind that this is a course, not a workshop.

Online 15-hour Interactive Portion (Option C)

Ideal for: Those who have completed or plan to concurrently complete the 15-hour didactic course through AAMFT or another pre-approved instructor, and like the convenience of an online interactive session. Both portions of the course must be completed within 18 months of registering for the first course.

Timing:

Registration for the April - June 2018 courses is now closed. Please register for Option A. If you have any questions, please email learning@aamft.org.

Continuing Education: 15 CEU will be received after full completion of this option. Please keep in mind that in order to receive your AAMFT Approved Supervisor Designation, you will need to register for and complete Option B - or the didactic portion - of the course.

In-Person 15-hour Interactive Portion Only (Option E)

Ideal for: Those who have completed or plan to concurrently complete the 15-hour didactic course through AAMFT or another pre-approved instructor, and prefer an in-person interactive session. Both portions of the course must be completed within 18 months of registering for the first course.

Timing: Our next in-person interactive session will occur at the AAMFT Headquarters in Alexandria, VA on Friday, May 18 – Sunday, May 20, 2018.

Continuing Education: 15 CEU will be received after full completion of this option. Please keep in mind that in order to receive your AAMFT Approved Supervisor Designation, you will need to register for and complete Option B - or the didactic portion - of the course.

Accommodations:

AAMFT is more than happy to provide visual and audio accommodations for those interested in taking this course. If you require accommodations to take this course, please contact learning@aamft.org at least three weeks before your interactive session.

Technical Requirements for Interactive Portions:

Technical requirements for the online discussion groups are listed below. It is your responsibility to ensure your computer system meets these needs prior to your discussion group's session.

To ensure that the course starts smoothly and on-time, please test the system that you are planning to use for the course by clicking on this test link. When you log in to the meeting, please be sure to login as a guest. Though you may want to download the BlueJeans app, we recommend that you log in to the session through the internet browser. This option is located at the bottom of your screen after signing in.. If you are having any technical issues or would like to further test your system, please contact your education coordinator at learning@aamft.org.

Cancellation Policy:

In case of circumstances beyond its control, the AAMFT reserves the right to make necessary changes in presenters and content of all AAMFT Fundamentals of Supervision courses and options.

Didactic Courses - Cancellations are subject to a full refund within 2 weeks of the initial purchase date. If the cancellation request is received after two weeks, no refund will be given.

Interactive Courses - Due to the limited availability of spaces in both the online and in-person Approved Supervision courses, cancellations and any subsequent request for refund must be made 30 days prior to the start of your scheduled interactive session. Cancellations made within 30 days of the course, will be eligible for a 25% refund. Requests to move your registration to another class time is subject to availability of classes and will be subject to a $50 administrative fee.

All cancellation requests must be made in writing, and can be sent to central@aamft.org.

If you have questions regarding the Approved Supervision designation, please email central@aamft.org.